Typhoon Shanshan drenches Japan, prompting landslide and flood alerts

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00:00Deserted streets, closed shops and residents locked inside their homes, these are the scenes

00:08in Japan's Fukuoka, as Typhoon Shanshan hit the south-west of the country on Thursday,

00:14moving slowly up the archipelago towards the capital.

00:21Right now I'm feeling very anxious, it's not good.

00:27Shanshan is one of the most fiercest storms to hit Japan in decades, but it has weakened

00:33and is now blowing winds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, yet it has brought the country to

00:39a standstill, with some areas seeing record rainfalls, key rivers filling up quickly as

00:46well as landslides and power cuts.

00:49Highways have been closed and high-speed trains suspended, with over 1,000 domestic and international

00:56flights cancelled.

01:00Tourists must be in a pickle, they came here unprepared and now they're stuck.

01:09This is a rare experience in a lifetime, it will be a trip to remember, a trip when I

01:14could not do anything.

01:17Japanese authorities have issued the highest level of alert in several regions of the country,

01:23advising 5 million people to evacuate their homes.

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